Radio Free Europe – Once seen as a Cold War relic, RadioFree Europe has become a vital tool in today's battle againstdisinformation and authoritarianism, especially since Russia'sinvasion of Ukraine. American taxpayers pay for RFE's 0million budget, which recently got a bipartisan boost fromCongress. Bill Whitaker visits the RFE headquarters in Pragueand meets the brave journalists behind its fearlessreporting. The Vanishing Wild – Scientists are sounding analarm that we are living amid Earth's sixth mass extinction;the last one was 66 million years ago when an asteroid hit theYucatan peninsula and wiped out the dinosaurs. They predict weare just 20 years away from life being altered on Earth again.Scott Pelley speaks with experts who offer solutions to whatthey call one of the most urgent global problems. Obesity –Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death inAmerica after smoking. Lesley Stahl reports on a new medicationthat helps with weight loss but is wildly expensive and coveredby very few insurance companies.
